Would you believe

That all those peak moments

Those wonderful times

Never go away?

That decades later memories are there

You can tap into little films

As the moments are replayed

With distance infinite

And touch impossible

But with an anxiety free sense of joy

Having been there in full

And having a thousand others inside

Think of the person

Think of the place

Put them together.

Is it not great?

To see the images

To recall the feelings

And know you made it through

The peaks of love

The depths of gloom

The athlete in competition

The speaker in command

The father teaching

The husband growing

The survivor thriving

Pushed to lengths unforeseen

The body calls on the mind

To guide the family

To heal itself

To see beyond difficulties

And live to see another generation